Lisbon to Ho Chi Minh City by train
Travel from Lisbon (Portugal) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) by train (11402km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Lisbon in Portugal to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the main route leads via Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Russia and China. The total travel time is about 10 days and varies if you have stops along your route. All tickets are available online and you have to calculate with 1200 Euro. The total ticket costs might be cheaper or more expensive and depends on your travel date. Please read the following information and blog posts.
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How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Lisbon to Ho Chi Minh City, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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Ho Chi Minh City - Lisbon / Lisbon - Hạ Long / Lisbon - Hội An / Lisbon - Huế / Lisbon - Sapa / Porto - Hanoi / Porto - Ho Chi Minh City / Porto - Hạ Long / Faro - Ho Chi Minh City1 Lisbon (Portugal) - Hendaye (France) - Paris (France) - Moscow (Russia) - Beijing (China) - Hanoi (Vietnam) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Lisbon (Portugal) to Hendaye (France)
Travel from Lisbon to Hendaye by the overnight train "Sud Express". The journey time is 13 hours. The train ticket fare starts from 29 EUR.
The departure time in Lisbon is 21:30. The arrival time in Hendaye is 11:30. The train number is: Trenhotel 310.
This comfortable "Talgo" train offers four service categories:
- "Turista": 2nd class seats
- "Cama Turista": four-bed compartments. The beds are comfortable and there is a washing basin in the compartment. This service category offers the best value for your money.
- "Cama Preferente": two-bed compartments, which offer more privacy, including a washing basin.
- "Cama Gran Clase": two-bed compartments. This most luxurious travel option offers a private shower and WC in your compartment.
From Hendaye you can continue your travel journey to Paris by TGV high-speed-train.
Find the exact train schedule and book your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Lisbon to Hendaye?
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TH 313 Hendaye - Lisbon / TH 310 Lisbon - Hendaye
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Hendaye - Lisbon
1b Travelling from Hendaye (France) to Paris (France)
Travel from Hendaye to Paris by direct TGV/Inoui high-speed-train. The journey time is 4:45 hours. The train ticket fares start from 35 EUR.
The arrival train station in Paris is "Paris Montparnasse".
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Hendaye to Paris?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) / inOui (INOUI)
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Paris - Hendaye
1c Travelling from Paris (France) to Moscow (Russia)
The train connection from Paris to Moscow is served once a week by the direct RZD night train. The journey time is 40 hours. You can buy train tickets from 180 EUR.
You spend two nights on the comfortable Russian night train. A dining car is available over large parts of the route.
Find the exact ticket fares and timetable via the booking links.
Please have a look at our film about this trip, showing all the important travel details.
Where to buy a ticket from Paris to Moscow?
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EN 408/18B Nice - Moscow / EN 453/24J Paris - Moscow
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Moscow - Paris
1d Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Beijing (China)
Travel from Moscow to Beijing by direct overnight train. The journey time is about 140 hours with six nights on board of the train. The train ticket prices start at 650 EUR. There are two direct trains per week with different routes. The departure station is Moskva Yaroslavsky.
1) Moscow to Beijing via Mongolia:
The Trans-Mongolian route (train number 4) leaves Moscow for Beijing on Tuesday night at 23:45. The train arrives in Beijing on Monday at 14:35. The route leads via Siberia, Ulaanbaatar and the Gobi desert. The route length is 7620 kilometres. This train is provided by Chinese national railway.
2) Moscow to Beijing via Manchuria:
The Trans-Manchurian route (train number 20) leaves Moscow for Beijing on Saturday night at 23:45. The train arrives in Beijing on Saturday morning at 05:50. The route leads via Harbin and does not cross Mongolia. The route length is 8980 kilometres. This train is provided by Russian national railway.
The ticket prices are nearly the same for both trains. The following service classes can be booked:
- 2nd class: compartment with four beds, two on each side. The train ticket price starts at 650 EUR.
- 1st class: compartment with two beds. The train ticket price starts at 900 EUR.
Children from 0-3 travel for free in the bed of their parents. Children from 4 to 11 pay 75% of an adult ticket.
Food:
Both trains offer restaurant cars which are not expensive and of good quality. You get main meals bellow 10 EUR. You can always buy food and drink from the vendors and kiosks on the train platforms when the train stops. Each wagon has a samovar with free boiling water, which you can use for coffee or tea and to prepare food snacks you bring with you.
Toilet and shower:
Each train wagon has at least two western-style toilets and small bathrooms with sinks. The train staff will keep the toilet clean during the whole journey. There are shared showers available for the 1st class compartments on the Chinese train via Mongolia. Otherwise just use the small bathrooms and a wash-cloth. If you don’t travel the whole journey with one train, you have of course showers in hotels you book along your travel route. But it is to expect that showers in the trains will be provided in the future.
Security:
The trains are very safe. You will meet families travelling with kids and as well women travelling alone. You can lock the compartments at night and your luggage is save. The train staff is always present. The compartments are mixed with female and male, but you can ask the train staff for women-only compartments.
Internet and electricity:
There is no WiFi available in the train itself. You have to use your mobile phone to access via a phone network provider. Some compartments have power sockets, you might also find some in the corridor. Or just ask the train staff if they charge your mobile device for a small tip.
Other train connections are available change of trains.
Find the exact train schedules, plan your trip and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Beijing?
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020 Moscow - Beijing / 019 Beijing - Moscow
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Beijing - Moscow
1e Travelling from Beijing (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam)
If you want to travel from China to Vietnam by train, you have daily train connections. There are two main travel routes available.
The first travel route is from Beijing, Guilin, Nanning (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam).
There are two direct trains per week from Beijing (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam).
There are every day connections from Nanning (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam). If you travel on a date were no direct train runs from Beijing to Hanoi, first travel by the daily overnight train from Beijing to Nanning, then by the daily overnight train from Nanning to Hanoi.
The second travel route is from Kunming (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam) with change and border crossing at Hekou (China) and Lào Cai (Vietnam). The train in China coming from Kunming ends at the station Hekou North (China). Journey time 5 hours. There you take a bus or taxi to the border (10 minutes). Walk over the border. And again by bus or taxi (10 minutes) to the station of Lào Cai (Vietnam). From there continue to Hanoi by direct train.
How to buy tickets:
- buy train tickets from China to Vietnam at Chinahighlights. For the city of Hanoi fill in Gia Lam, Hanoi !!!
Direct train: Beijing - Gia Lam, Hanoi.
Connection with change: Beijing - Nanning and Nanning - Gia Lam, Hanoi.
- buy train tickets inside of Vietnam are available via 12goasia. For example: Lào Cai - Hanoi.
Where to buy a ticket from Beijing to Hanoi?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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train company:
CNR 中国铁路总公司 / VIET Đường Sắt Việt Nam
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Hanoi - Beijing / Guilin - Hanoi / Nanning - Hanoi / Shanghai - Hanoi / Wuhan - Hanoi / Kunming - Hanoi / Chengdu - Hanoi / Guangzhou - Hanoi / Shijiazhuang - Hanoi / Beijing - Ho Chi Minh City
1f Travelling from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Travel from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by overnight train. The journey time is 32 to 37 hours. Train ticket fares start from 25 EUR. There are up to 6 train connections daily.
The trains of Vietnamese railways offer the following service classes:
- 3rd class, hard wooden seats
- 2nd class, soft seats with air-condition
- 2nd class, sleeper with 6 berths per compartment, with air-condition
- 1st class, sleeper with 4 berths per compartment, with air-condition
On some trains luxury train wagons are attached. For example "Violette Express" and others which offer 4-berth and 2-berth compartments.
The train numbers are as follows with departure time in Hanoi, arrival time in Ho Chi Minh City and the total journey time:
- SE1 / 22:20 / 05:45 / 31:25
- SE3 / 19:25 / 04:38 / 33:13
- SE5 / 08:50 / 18:55 / 34:05
- SE7 / 06:00 / 16:30 / 34:30
- SE9 / 14:25 / 03:25 / 37:00
- SE11 / 08:00 / 21:05 / 37:05
We recommend to travel one of the most scenic parts of this rail journey between Huế and Đà Nẵng on day light (SE1, SE3). You get to this section of the travel route 13 hours after departure in Hanoi. Sit on the left in direction of travel to have the best view.
If you travel as tourist, it makes sense to include some stops for example in Huế, Đà Nẵng and Hội An.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi
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